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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 _get_term_by_id(self, id):
        '''Simple utility function to load a term.
        '''
        url = (self.url + '/%s.json') % id
        r = self.session.get(url)
        return r.json()