The review queue
Updated 16 September 2026
Review brings back the phrases you saved on a spaced schedule; rate each one and the queue decides when to show it again.
Open Account, choose Practice, then Review. You get one card at a time: the phrase, a Show explanation button, and four ratings underneath. Try to recall the meaning first, open the explanation to check yourself, then rate how well you remembered. The queue uses your rating to pick the next date, so the phrases you know well drift away and the ones you keep forgetting come back sooner.
What goes into the queue
Every phrase you save with Save to my phrases goes in, and it's due straight away, so the first review happens the same day you save it. That's the whole queue: nothing is added for you, and removing a phrase from My phrases takes it out of the queue too. See Saving phrases from a lesson for the saving side.
Rate a card
- Read the phrase and say the meaning to yourself, out loud if you can.
- Choose Show explanation to see the meaning and an example sentence.
- Pick a rating. The next card, if one is due, appears in its place.
What the ratings do, in plain words:
- Again brings the phrase back in 10 minutes.
- Hard adds a little to the last gap (one day becomes two, two becomes three).
- Good doubles the gap.
- Easy triples it, and never less than four days.
Gaps never grow beyond about six months, so nothing disappears for good. If you rate honestly, a phrase you know settles into weeks-long gaps after four or five reviews.
When it says "No reviews are due right now"
That's the finished state, not an error. If you have phrases waiting, the page shows the date and time the next one is due, and you can open Today's practice or Find phrases to save from there. Come back tomorrow, or save something new from a lesson to give yourself a card today.
How many a day is sensible
Today's practice suggests starting with up to three. Five to ten a day is plenty for most people; the queue tells you how many are ready in the line above the card, and it's fine to stop and let the rest wait until tomorrow. Reviews you finish are counted in your weekly report as Phrases reviewed.
Get more from a card
Under the card there's an Open lesson link. Use it when the meaning came back but the sound didn't, and replay the clip once before you rate. That keeps the review tied to listening, which is what you're really training.
If a rating doesn't save and the page tells you the review is already saved, the card was rated twice; open the next card and carry on. If the page won't load at all, tell us what you saw and we'll reply within one working day.
