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list1 = [i for i in range(1,40)]
list1

[1,
 2,
 3,
 4,
 5,
 6,
 7,
 8,
 9,
 10,
 11,
 12,
 13,
 14,
 15,
 16,
 17,
 18,
 19,
 20,
 21,
 22,
 23,
 24,
 25,
 26,
 27,
 28,
 29,
 30,
 31,
 32,
 33,
 34,
 35,
 36,
 37,
 38,
 39]

while len(list1)>2:
    a = list1.pop(0)
    b = list1.pop(0)
    list1.append(a)
    list1.append(b)
    list1.pop(0)
    print(list1)

[10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8]
[13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11]
[16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14]
[19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17]
[22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20]
[25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23]
[28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26]
[31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29]
[34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32]
[37, 38, 39, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35]
[1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38]
[5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 1, 2]
[10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 1, 2, 5, 7]
[14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 11]
[19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 11, 14, 16]
[23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 11, 14, 16, 19, 20]
[28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 11, 14, 16, 19, 20, 23, 25]
[32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 11, 14, 16, 19, 20, 23, 25, 28, 29]
[37, 38, 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 11, 14, 16, 19, 20, 23, 25, 28, 29, 32, 34]
[2, 5, 7, 10, 11, 14, 16, 19, 20, 23, 25, 28, 29, 32, 34, 37, 38]
[10, 11, 14, 16, 19, 20, 23, 25, 28, 29, 32, 34, 37, 38, 2, 5]
[16, 19, 20, 23, 25, 28, 29, 32, 34, 37, 38, 2, 5, 10, 11]
[23, 25, 28, 29, 32, 34, 37, 38, 2, 5, 10, 11, 16, 19]
[29, 32, 34, 37, 38, 2, 5, 10, 11, 16, 19, 23, 25]
[37, 38, 2, 5, 10, 11, 16, 19, 23, 25, 29, 32]
[5, 10, 11, 16, 19, 23, 25, 29, 32, 37, 38]
[16, 19, 23, 25, 29, 32, 37, 38, 5, 10]
[25, 29, 32, 37, 38, 5, 10, 16, 19]
[37, 38, 5, 10, 16, 19, 25, 29]
[10, 16, 19, 25, 29, 37, 38]
[25, 29, 37, 38, 10, 16]
[38, 10, 16, 25, 29]
[25, 29, 38, 10]
[10, 25, 29]
[10, 25]