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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 _set_expressions(self, expressions):
 """Extract expressions and variables from the user provided expressions."""

        self.expressions = {}
        for key, item in expressions.items():
            self.expressions[key] = {'function': item}