Question

match each word or phrase to the appropriate meaning based on its context in this excerpt from mark twains \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 couldnt get him to touch it. he wanted to look at it, and keep on looking at it; he couldnt 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 havent anything else.\
but he said that wasnt 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 wasnt 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.
blue buttons with text: small amount, canceling agreement, ordinary man, giving change, play mischief, young people, tricks, common traditions
boxes with text: breaking the bill, common clay, trifle, larks with arrows to empty boxes

Explanation:

1. "breaking the bill" refers to converting a large note into smaller currency, which matches "giving change".
2. "common clay" is used in the text to refer to an average, everyday person, so it matches "ordinary man".
3. "trifle" in the context means a small, insignificant sum of money, matching "small amount".
4. "play larks" is a phrase meaning to play pranks or mischief, which matches "tricks" (or the synonymous "play mischief"; "tricks" is the most direct match for the noun form of the phrase's meaning).

Answer:

breaking the bill → giving change
common clay → ordinary man
trifle → small amount
larks → tricks