McGraw-Hill's Big Books not only include more verbs and a better selection than their competitors, but they also provide ample contextual examples that show you how the verbs are actually used. Features include: 555 fully conjugated verbs - Extensive examples illustrating basic meanings for the top 50 verbs - Verb exercises - Clear coverage of the unique aspects of the language's verbs - And more Jack Franke is a professor of Russian at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey. At 35, he is the youngest person ever to be promoted to professor at the DLI, the largest language institute in the United States.