public static void main ( String args [ ] ) {
  Scanner sc = new Scanner ( System . in ) ;
  int t = sc . nextInt ( ) ;
  sc . nextLine ( ) ;
  while ( t -- > 0 ) {
    String s = sc . nextLine ( ) ;
    int len = s . length ( ) ;
    String res = new String ( Character . toString ( s . charAt ( 0 ) ) ) ;
    for ( int i = 1 ;
    i < len - 1 ;
    i = i + 2 ) {
      res = res + Character . toString ( s . charAt ( i ) ) ;
    }
    res = res + s . charAt ( len - 1 ) ;
    System . out . println ( res ) ;
  }
}

public static void main ( String args [ ] ) { Scanner sc = new Scanner ( System . in ) ; int t = sc . nextInt ( ) ; sc . nextLine ( ) ; while ( t -- > 0 ) { String s = sc . nextLine ( ) ; int len = s . length ( ) ; String res = new String ( Character . toString ( s . charAt ( 0 ) ) ) ; for ( int i = 1 ; i < len - 1 ; i = i + 2 ) { res = res + Character . toString ( s . charAt ( i ) ) ; } res = res + s . charAt ( len - 1 ) ; System . out . println ( res ) ; } }
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