Learn the English Phrases "bound and determined" and "to be bound to"

In this English lesson, I wanted to help

you learn the English phrase bound and determined.

When you are bound and determined to do something,

it means you are going to do it.

It means you are serious about doing it.

It means that you are committed to doing it.

The best example I could come up with today,

even though I don't like to be political, is

to say that President Trump is bound and determined

to put tariffs on Mexico and China and Canada.

He's... I'm pretty sure today he's going to do it.

You're watching this on Wednesday

so you'll know the results.

But he seems bound and determined.

He seems committed to doing it.

The other phrase I wanted to teach

you today is to be bound to.

This means that you are most

likely going to do something.

If you're walking on ice, you're bound to fall.

If you're not good at walking at ice, if it's

something you've never done before, you're bound to fall.

It means you are most likely to fall.

If I go into a Tim Hortons

restaurant, I'm bound to buy a cookie.

That means I'm most likely going to buy a cookie.

Sometimes I don't have any self control.

So to review when you are bound and determined, it

means you have decided you're going to do something and

you are not going to change your mind.

You are bound and determined to do it.

And if you're bound to do something, it

just means you are likely to do it.

Most Tuesdays I'm bound to make a lesson.

I usually go out and I do one, sometimes I do two.

But hey, let's look at a comment from a

previous video and it is in my coat pocket

today and it is from Know that.

And the comment is... Let me get this open.

Although it is quite windy, the weather

does not look too bad, Bob.

Even the sun is out to play.

Enjoy it while it lasts.

Thanks again for making all your

regular videos for us this week.

It would have been easier and less stressful

for you to just skip some of them

and that would have been completely understandable.

So thank you for that, Bob.

You know it is much appreciated. Have a great day.

And then my response using today's phrase, I'm still bound

and determined to only skip lessons if I'm sick.

So far so good.

So thanks Know that for that comment.

And yes, I'm not sure if you were aware of my... I

guess you might be able to call it a New Year's resolution.

But but I did make a decision at the

beginning of this year 2025 that I am going

to try and stick to putting out the same

number of lessons every week on both channels.

When I looked at 2024, I realized that there were many

weeks where I just took a week off, and sometimes it

was maybe because I was sick or because I was busy.

So this year I decided, you know,

I'm not going to do that.

I'm going to, at the very least, put

out the same number of videos every week.

That might mean that a short lesson comes out

on a Saturday or maybe even a Sunday.

Some weeks it might mean that my Wednesdays

with Bob Members Only video on my other

channel might come out on a Thursday.

I don't think that's happened yet.

But yeah, I'm bound and determined to

do that for a couple of reasons.

One, when I looked at my stats from last

year, when I looked at my my views and

everything from 2024, I realized that it's probably disappointing

when a video doesn't come out.

And it also made me realize you don't

actually care what day the video comes out.

If I put a video out on a Saturday, one that normally

comes out on a Friday, just as many people watch it.

So I thought, you know what?

There's seven days in a week, and if I'm

running a little bit behind, maybe I'll just do

some things a little later than I normally do.

So I'm pretty sure from the

comments, you guys don't mind.

Sometimes you seem a little surprised when I put a lesson

out in the middle of the afternoon on a Saturday.

But hey, surprise is good, isn't it?

Anyways, have a good day. I'll see you in a few

days with another short English lesson. Bye.