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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 _request(self, request, proxies, timeout, verify, **_):
 """ This is where we apply rate limiting and make the HTTP request. """


        settings = self.http.merge_environment_settings(
            request.url, proxies, False, verify, None)

        self._delay()
        response = self.http.send(
            request, timeout=timeout, allow_redirects=False, **settings)
        self._update(response.headers)

        return response