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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 _batch_request(self, func, iterable):

 """ Internal Function to limit batch calls to API limit """

        responses = []
        for item in iterable:
            responses.append(func(item))
            time.sleep(self.API_LIMIT)
        return responses