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benzine
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benzine (bĕn`zēn, bĕnzēn`), colorless, highly flammable liquid. It is used as a cleaning agent because it is a solvent for organic substances such as fats, oils, and resins and is also used in the preparation of certain dyes and paints. Benzine is a mixture of hydrocarbons, chiefly alkanes such as pentane and hexane. It is obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum petroleum, oily, flammable liquid that occurs naturally in deposits, usually beneath the surface of the earth; it is also called crude oil. It consists principally of a mixture of hydrocarbons, with traces of various nitrogenous and sulfurous compounds.
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benzine, benzin
a volatile mixture of the lighter aliphatic hydrocarbon constituents of petroleum

benzine [′ben‚zēn]
(materials)


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It also features, for those who know something about this kind of music and its history, a wacky version of Serge Gainsbourg's "La decadanse" by another Sao Paulo local, Benzina, aka guitarist Edgard Scandurra.
Its interior is as Italian as Lazio or Juve, right down to the Benzina and Acqua signs on the dials, the chrome highlights, badged steering wheel and the body-hugging seats.
Appena illuminato dalle lampade rade che facevano luccicare le piastrelle bianche delle pareti curve, pieno dell'odore della benzina bruciata e di un leggero fumo grigio, aveva qualcosa insieme di aggressivo e di sporco.
 
 
 
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