diff --git a/rustbyexample/variable_bindings/declare.rs b/rustbyexample/variable_bindings/declare.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b51f3db
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+++ b/rustbyexample/variable_bindings/declare.rs
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+fn main() {
+    let a_binding;
+
+    {
+        let x = 2;
+
+        a_binding = x * x;
+    }
+
+    println!("a binding: {}", a_binding);
+
+    let another_binding;
+
+    //println!("another binding: {}", another_binding);
+
+    another_binding = 1;
+
+    println!("another binding: {}", another_binding);
+}
diff --git a/rustbyexample/variable_bindings/freeze.rs b/rustbyexample/variable_bindings/freeze.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e9791c
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+++ b/rustbyexample/variable_bindings/freeze.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+fn main() {
+    let mut _mutable_integer = 7i32;
+
+    {
+        let _mutable_integer = _mutable_integer;
+
+        // _mutable_integer = 50;
+    }
+
+    _mutable_integer = 3;
+}
diff --git a/rustbyexample/variable_bindings/scope.rs b/rustbyexample/variable_bindings/scope.rs
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/rustbyexample/variable_bindings/scope.rs
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+fn main() {
+    let long_lived_binding = 1;
+
+    {
+        let short_lived_binding = 2;
+        println!("inner short: {}", short_lived_binding);
+    }
+
+    // println!("outer short: {}", short_lived_binding);
+
+    println!("outer long: {}", long_lived_binding);
+}
diff --git a/rustbyexample/variable_bindings/scope2.rs b/rustbyexample/variable_bindings/scope2.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0cc34d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rustbyexample/variable_bindings/scope2.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+fn main() {
+    let shadowed_binding = 1;
+
+    {
+        println!("before being shadowed: {}", shadowed_binding);
+
+        let shadowed_binding = "abc";
+
+        println!("shadowed in inner block: {}", shadowed_binding);
+    }
+    println!("outside inner block: {}", shadowed_binding);
+
+    let shadowed_binding = 2;
+    println!("shadowed in outer block: {}", shadowed_binding);
+}
+