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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 report(self, string='', level=0, prelude='', progress=False, abbreviate=True):
        '''If verbose=True, this will print to terminal. Otherwise, it won't.'''
        if self._mute == False:
            self._prefix = prelude + '{spacing}[{name}] '.format(name = self.nametag, spacing = ' '*level)
            self._prefix = "{0:>16}".format(self._prefix)
            equalspaces = ' '*len(self._prefix)
            toprint = string + ''
            if abbreviate:
                if shortcuts is not None:
                    for k in shortcuts.keys():
                        toprint = toprint.replace(k, shortcuts[k])

            if progress:
                print('\r' + self._prefix + toprint.replace('\n', '\n' + equalspaces),)
            else:
                print(self._prefix + toprint.replace('\n', '\n' + equalspaces))