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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 insert (self, properties, value):
 """ Associate value with properties. """

        assert is_iterable_typed(properties, basestring)
        assert isinstance(value, basestring)
        self.__properties.append(properties)
        self.__values.append(value)