public static void main ( String args [ ] ) {
  Scanner sc = new Scanner ( System . in ) ;
  int n = sc . nextInt ( ) ;
  for ( int j = 0 ;
  j < n ;
  j ++ ) {
    String s = sc . next ( ) ;
    int l = s . length ( ) ;
    System . out . print ( s . charAt ( 0 ) ) ;
    for ( int i = 2 ;
    i < l ;
    i = i + 2 ) {
      System . out . print ( s . charAt ( i ) ) ;
    }
    System . out . print ( s . charAt ( l - 1 ) ) ;
    System . out . println ( ) ;
  }
}

public static void main ( String args [ ] ) { Scanner sc = new Scanner ( System . in ) ; int n = sc . nextInt ( ) ; for ( int j = 0 ; j < n ; j ++ ) { String s = sc . next ( ) ; int l = s . length ( ) ; System . out . print ( s . charAt ( 0 ) ) ; for ( int i = 2 ; i < l ; i = i + 2 ) { System . out . print ( s . charAt ( i ) ) ; } System . out . print ( s . charAt ( l - 1 ) ) ; System . out . println ( ) ; } }
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