ADV
- clearly, easily, readily
- I could clearly imagine the scene in the office
- hardly, scarcely
- I could hardly imagine living in such a remote and desolate spot
- just
- She could just imagine her mother's look of horror
- actually
- I can't actually imagine her falling for that trick
- always
- I always imagined him following in his father's footsteps
- fondly, naively
- I had fondly imagined that riding a mule would be easy
VERB + IMAGINE
- can/could (well)
- I can well imagine the atmosphere at home at this moment
- can/could not (possibly)
- There's more at stake here than you can possibly imagine
- try to
- be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to
- It is difficult to imagine Blackpool without its famous Tower
- be easy to
PHRASES
- let us imagine
- Let us imagine what really might have happened
ADV
- really, seriously
- You don't seriously imagine I'll agree to that?
- almost
- I could almost imagine you were jealous
- actually
- fondly, naively
PHRASES
- be imagining things
- Had I really heard a noise, or was I just imagining things?
- real or imagined
- He was always keen to avenge insults, real or imagined