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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 load_replacements(self, file_path):
 		""" 		Populate self.replacements using the specified file. 		"""

		with open(file_path, encoding='utf-8') as f:
			for line in map(lambda x: x.strip(), f):
				if line:
					line = line.split('\t')
					self.replacements[line[0]] = line[1]