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Match each word or phrase to the appropriate meaning based on its context in this excerpt from Mark Twain's "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note":

Then he was restored to his normal condition, and made a thousand apologies for not being able to break the bill, and I couldn't get him to touch it. He wanted to look at it, and keep on looking at it; he couldn't seem to get enough of it to quench the thirst of his eye, but he shrank from touching it as if it had been something too sacred for poor common clay to handle. I said:

"I am sorry if it is an inconvenience, but I must insist. Please change it; I haven't anything else."

But he said that wasn't any matter; he was quite willing to let the trifle stand over till another time. I said I might not be in his neighborhood again for a good while; but he said it was of no consequence, he could wait, and, moreover, I could have anything I wanted, any time I chose, and let the account run as long as I pleased. He said he hoped he wasn't afraid to trust as rich a gentleman as I was, merely because I was of a merry disposition, and chose to play larks on the public in the matter of dress.

breaking the bill –>
common clay–>
trifle –>
larks –>

A. canceling agreement
B. ordinary man
C. giving change
D. play mischief
E. young people
F. tricks
G. common traditions
H. small amount

Answer 1

breaking the bill –> C. giving change

common clay–> B. ordinary man

trifle –> H. small amount

larks –> F. tricks

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

breaking the bill –> C. giving change

common clay–> B. ordinary man

trifle –> H. small amount

larks –> F. tricks

Step-by-step explanation:

The expression "to break the bill" or to "change the bill" is used to describe the action of giving smaller bills or coins (change) for a larger bill. In the excerpt, we can see the character is surprised at the amount of money he is being asked to change. He keeps staring as the bank-note the narrator is reaching toward him, but does not touch it. He thinks of himself as common clay, as an ordinary man who wouldn't dare touch something so valuable. In comparison to that note, the food the narrator has just eaten in the man's restaurant is just a trifle. It is of little value or no importance. He sees the narrator now as someone who deserves respect for being rich, even though plays larks, he does tricks with no intention of harming anyone.