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    Hmm...So it's describing the character (whoever "she" is)...It says that he knows of her tendency to tell lies, and of her need to: provoke: to stimulate or give rise to (a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one) in someone. (So it's to get a reaction from someone, typically a bad one.) taunt: to provoke or challenge someone with insulting remarks. (So it's to say something mean to someone in order to get a reaction) and test: to reveal the strengths or capabilities of (someone or something) by putting them under strain. (I felt that this was the best definition for "test" in this case) Basically, it's describing her "mythomania"; that her tendency to exaggerate and to tell lies is also a need to provoke, taunt, and test people. I hope this made sense and was what you were looking for!
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    September 23, 2013
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    If it's a situation like if you've dropped something, I would say "shoot!" or "darn (it)!" Or maybe even "Oh no!"
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    September 23, 2013
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    I remember my teacher once telling the class that technically, since you're talking about only one person, you shouldn't use "they" you should say "he or she", but nearly everyone (including myself) uses "they/their" for singular or plural unspecified persons/people.
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    September 23, 2013
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    "Take my word" means "trust/believe in what I say/I'm saying". And "drugged-up" means full of drugs, or high (on drugs).
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    September 23, 2013
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    I'd say that your examples for number 1 fit better for number 2 (mean). Those are all things that a "mean" person would do. "Cheap" works for part A of your examples for number 2. Cheap means "low-cost" or "inexpensive", but you can also call a person "cheap" if they are "stingy" with their money (remember to think of "cheap" as having to do with money). And number 3 sounds perfect to me! Stingy means "unwilling to give" or to be ungenerous, so it makes sense in your example. (You can be stingy with just about anything, in your example, the girlfriend is "stingy" with her kisses.) So basically, you've got the right idea for all of them, except I would just switch number 1 with part A of number 2.
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    September 23, 2013
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