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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 parse(self, input, **kwargs):
 """Parse the given input. :param input: String containing the text to be parsed. :raises thriftrw.errors.ThriftParserError: For parsing errors. """

        return self._parser.parse(input, lexer=self._lexer, **kwargs)