Question

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".

Answer 1

Answer:

Breaking a bill : giving a change

Common clay : Ordinary individual

Trifle : insignificant, little

Larks : Tricks

Explanation:

Breaking a bill : A bill could be said to be broken when a smaller bill or denomination is returned to a person usually after having paid for a service or dashing out a part of the larger bill.

Common clay : This phrase takes out the uniqueness or special adornment, as it connotes 'ordinary' or lacking any special features or characteristic. In the context, common clay refers to an ordinary individual.

Trifle : represents which are of little or less importance, value or amount. Things that may be considered as insignificant.