Meaning of ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER - A Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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Hi, Bob the Canadian here.
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I hope you are doing well.
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It has been almost a week since my last video
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on this channel,
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and I hope that in my absence, you have missed me.
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We have an English phrase,
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absence makes the heart grow fonder.
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And, what this refers to is when
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someone who you like a lot, or someone who you love
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isn't around, when they are far away,
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their absence actually makes you think about them more,
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and it makes you miss them,
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and it makes you appreciate them a lot more,
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or even love them a lot more.
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So I'm not saying that my absence made you
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more fond of me, but it is saying that we do have in English
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that when someone is gone on a trip,
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when someone is not around for a long time,
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sometimes their absence, the fact that they're not around
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is something that causes you to miss them a lot
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and to like them even more.
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So hopefully you still like me.
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If you're wondering where I was, I was just sick.
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I had a really sore throat.
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I lost my voice.
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I actually took two whole days off work.
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I don't take a lot of sick days,
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but I took two days off work, and I'm feeling a lot better.
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If you are a subscriber of my other channel,
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you'll see that I'm doing a livestream tomorrow morning,
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so I'm back it, so, but anyways,
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hopefully in my absence,
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you were able to learn a little bit of English,
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maybe from other people.
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I know that many of you kept watching my videos,
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even while I was not making new ones,
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so I do appreciate that.
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Anyways, it's time to do these daily videos once again,
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and I'm Bob the Canadian, you're learning English with me,
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and I hope you're having a great day.
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