#include <bits/stdc++.h>   using namespace std;   void solve() {     int i;     string b, a;     cin >> b;     int size = b.size();     for (i = 0; i <= size - 1; i++) {       a += b[i];       i++;     }     a += b[size - 1];     cout << a <<   n ;   }   signed main() {     ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);     cin.tie(0);     cout.tie(0);     string s;     getline(cin, s);     int _t = stoi(s);     while (_t--) solve();   }   