Express and Imagine

Express

Express verb - To make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion).

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Imagine and express are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Imagine" instead a verb "Express".

Imagine verb - To form a mental picture of.

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Express and imagine are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Express" instead a verb "Imagine".

power	express power	imagine power
kind	express kind	imagine kind
sort	express sort	imagine sort
way	express way	imagine way
Other words: shock, surprise, pain, confusion, disappointment, horror.

Imagine how Murder on the Orient Express (or any other detective story) would go if Poirot was teamed up with a Telepath.

Source: Story-Breaker Team-Up
However, the intended Badass Boast fails in an epic way when Beth can only express horror for this, as she, too, has died and can't imagine the thought of experiencing death over and over again like that.

Source: Cloning Gambit
On "MMMMystery on the Friendship Express", one of Pinkie's imagine spots painted Gustav LeGrande in exactly this trope, down to the "tie a mare down on the tracks so the train can crush her" and the silent film dialogue screens.

Source: Dastardly Whiplash

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