This is the contracted form of name is.

If you come from a place, you grew up there or were born there.

For more meanings of the phrasal verb come from, follow the link below to our language library.

Have been woodchopping is the present perfect continuous tense, used to talk about an action that has begun in the past and is still continuing. Follow the link below for more.

Notice the use of the possessive apostrophe - this word is not a contraction of year is or the plural of year. Follow the link below for more about the possessive apostrophe.

Here it's is the contracted form of it is. Follow the link below for more.

Here one is being used as a pronoun referring to the event in which he has just competed. One is only used as a pronoun for countable nouns.

For uncountable nouns we use some in a positive context or any in a negative context.

A discipline is an area of study or a subject. We use the word discipline to talk about subject areas at university such as the discipline of science or art. In this case, David uses the word ‘discipline’ to talk about the five types of events he competes in. They require different skills and have different rules.

Logging is the activity of cutting down trees for wood.

in addition to; too

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Here it's is the contracted form of it has. Follow the link below for more.

Here won is the past participle of the irregular verb win. Follow the link below to find out more and to listen to some examples.

This means a bad life. He hasn't had a bad life, he's had a good life. Follow the link below to find out when we spell too with two 'o's.

Here got is the past participle of the irregular verb get. Follow the link below to find out more and to listen to some examples.

Blessed means hightly favoured or very fortunate. But when the word is used informally for emphasis in a phrase such as 'he knows how every blessed cent is spent' , the word is pronounced differently. Follow the link below and listen to the difference.

In Australia, when practise is ued as a verb it is spelled pratise with an 's' and when it's a noun it is spelled practice with a 'c'.

Adjectives of one syllable such as old add -er to make the comparative form. Follow the link below to find out more.

spend in terms of time and effort

For more meanings of the phrasal verb put in, follow the link below to our language library.

gain from; derive

For more meanings of the phrasal verb get out, follow the link below to our language library.

Many two syllable adjectives also have the -er comparative form. If they end in 'y', such as lucky, the 'y' is changed to an 'i' when the -er is added.