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absence makes the heart grow fonder
Definition:  when someone is no longer with you or not near you, you realise how much they were important to you
Usage:  when they were together, they always fought, but now he is always miserable; I think her absence made his heart grow fonder
SEPEDI
Translation:  go se be gona go dira gore pelo e hlowe
Proverb: kgaka ge e fofa ke ye ntsho, mebala re e bona ge e hwile
XITSONGA
Translation:  mpfumaleko wu endla leswaku mbilu yi va na ntsakelo
Proverb: loko u khome xinyanyana a wu swi voni leswaku u khome nyama, a xi hahe u ta swi vona leswaku u lahlekeriwe hi nyama
TSHIVENḒA
Translation:  u sa vha hone ha muthu zwi ita uri mbilu i funese
Proverb: Bele u Mpheni mbilu i Dzimauli