imagine

clearly, easily, readily

You can easily imagine how excited the children felt when they saw the surprise.

hardly, scarcely

I can scarcely imagine what it would be like to work without a computer nowadays.

just

I can just imagine how tired you must be after that long journey.

always

She had always imagined herself working as a teacher, ever since childhood.

fondly, naively

She naively imagined that learning to drive would take only a few weeks of practice.

can/could (well)

She could well imagine how nervous he felt before his first day at work.

can/could not (possibly)

I could not imagine living in a city as crowded as that one.

be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to

It would be impossible to imagine what life was like without electricity.

let us imagine

Let us imagine you won the lottery and could travel anywhere in the world.

really, seriously

Can you really imagine living without your mobile phone for a whole week?

almost

I can almost imagine what it would be like to live on the moon.

be imagining things

She wondered if the footsteps were real or if she was just imagining things.

real or imagined

She worried about problems, real or imagined, keeping her awake at night.