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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _start(self):
 """Start the next threaded worker in the queue."""

        if len(self._queue) == 1:
            thread = self._queue.popleft()
            thread.start()
            self._timer.start()