 Solution (source code)

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= Solution

For any $\varepsilon>0$, the balls $\{B_\varepsilon(x):x\in X\}$ form an <open cover> of the compact metric space $X$. Compactness supplies a finite subcover
$$
X=B_\varepsilon(x_1)\cup\cdots\cup B_\varepsilon(x_N).
$$
This is exactly <total boundedness>.

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