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Funeral plans for Polish president

Vocabulary

pavement

path with a hard surface on the side of a road, that people walk on

laid as a mark of respect

placed as a way of showing that people looked up to or admired someone who has died (here, President Kaczynski)

is due to lie in state

is expected to be laid out formally so that the public can look at his body or coffin and pay tribute to him

identifiable

able to say who they are or know who they are

data

information, especially facts and statistics or electronic information from a computer

pilot error may have been a factor

mistake the pilot made might have been a reason

precedent

situation which has happened before and which can be used as a reason why a similar situation should happen again

a dual funeral

a ceremony that is held for two people who have died

a joint or separate ceremony

one funeral for two people or one funeral for each of them

a vast cross-section

a large number of people from a wide variety of jobs or posts