diff --git a/frontend/src/dialogues/socialnetwork/VocabPracticeDialog.vue b/frontend/src/dialogues/socialnetwork/VocabPracticeDialog.vue
index fc2fa2e..9d274ab 100755
--- a/frontend/src/dialogues/socialnetwork/VocabPracticeDialog.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/dialogues/socialnetwork/VocabPracticeDialog.vue
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ import { normalizeComparableWithNumberWords } from '@/utils/numberAnswerVariants
 const PRACTICE_MIN_EXPOSURES = 3;
 const SRS_SESSION_STORAGE_VERSION = 2;
 const HARD_REQUIRED_CONSECUTIVE_CORRECT = 5;
-const SRS_AGAIN_REINSERT_OFFSET = 3;
 const MAX_DAILY_DUE = 50;
 
 export default {
@@ -175,6 +174,7 @@ export default {
       allVocabs: false,
       srsMode: false,
       initialPool: null,
+      closeOnHardCompletion: false,
       simpleMode: false,
       pool: [],
 
@@ -450,10 +450,8 @@ export default {
       const matchingKey = this.findMatchingHardKey(this.current);
       if (!matchingKey) return;
       this.removeHardEntriesForItem(this.current);
-      if (this.hardPhaseActive && this.hardRemainingCount <= 0) {
-        this.hardPhaseActive = false;
-      }
       this.saveHardVocabMap();
+      this.maybeFinishHardPhase();
     },
     addCurrentToCycle() {
       if (!this.current?.id) return;
@@ -467,10 +465,16 @@ export default {
       this.hardPhaseActive = true;
     },
     maybeFinishHardPhase() {
-      if (!this.hardPhaseActive) return;
-      if (this.hardRemainingCount > 0) return;
+      if (!this.hardPhaseActive && !this.closeOnHardCompletion) return false;
+      if (this.hardRemainingCount > 0) return false;
+      if (this.hardCount <= 0 && this.closeOnHardCompletion) {
+        this.close();
+        return true;
+      }
+      if (!this.hardPhaseActive) return false;
       this.hardPhaseActive = false;
       this.cycleAskedIds = [];
+      return false;
     },
     getLocalDateKey() {
       const d = new Date();
@@ -575,7 +579,7 @@ export default {
       }
       this.saveSrsSession();
     },
-    open({ languageId, chapterId, lessonId, courseId, initialPool = null, srsMode = false, onClose = null }) {
+    open({ languageId, chapterId, lessonId, courseId, initialPool = null, srsMode = false, closeOnHardCompletion = false, onClose = null }) {
       if (this.autoAdvanceTimer) {
         clearTimeout(this.autoAdvanceTimer);
         this.autoAdvanceTimer = null;
@@ -588,6 +592,7 @@ export default {
       this.onClose = typeof onClose === 'function' ? onClose : null;
       this.srsMode = Boolean(srsMode);
       this.initialPool = Array.isArray(initialPool) ? initialPool : null;
+      this.closeOnHardCompletion = Boolean(closeOnHardCompletion);
       this.allVocabs = false;
       this.simpleMode = false;
       this.srsSession = null;
@@ -1231,6 +1236,9 @@ export default {
             delete next[mapKey];
             this.hardVocabMap = next;
             this.saveHardVocabMap();
+            if (this.maybeFinishHardPhase()) {
+              return;
+            }
           }
         }
       } else {
@@ -1256,21 +1264,18 @@ export default {
 
       const id = this.current?.id;
       const treatAsAgain = rating === 'again' || !this.lastCorrect;
+      const moveToHardPractice = treatAsAgain && this.isItemMarkedHard(this.current);
 
       if (id && this.srsSession) {
-        if (treatAsAgain) {
-          // Wrong answers are not done yet: requeue near the end so the user
-          // sees them again before the session finishes.
-          if (Array.isArray(this.srsQueueIds)) {
-            const remaining = this.srsQueueIds.filter((x) => x !== id);
-            const insertAt = Math.min(remaining.length, SRS_AGAIN_REINSERT_OFFSET);
-            remaining.splice(insertAt, 0, id);
-            this.srsQueueIds = remaining;
-          }
+        if (treatAsAgain && !moveToHardPractice) {
+          // Keep the card at the front of the queue. After the solution has
+          // been shown, the user must type it correctly before moving on.
           if (Array.isArray(this.srsSession.doneIds)) {
             this.srsSession.doneIds = this.srsSession.doneIds.filter((x) => x !== id);
           }
         } else {
+          // Hard cards leave the daily review after a wrong answer. They are
+          // practiced separately through the hard-vocab drill.
           const done = Array.isArray(this.srsSession.doneIds) ? this.srsSession.doneIds : [];
           if (!done.includes(id)) {
             done.push(id);
@@ -1285,6 +1290,21 @@ export default {
         this.saveSrsSession();
       }
 
+      if (treatAsAgain && !moveToHardPractice) {
+        const retryItem = this.pool.find((item) => item.id === id) || this.current;
+        const retryDirection = this.direction;
+        this.resetQuestion();
+        this.current = retryItem;
+        this.direction = retryDirection;
+        const prompt = this.currentAnswerPrompt;
+        this.acceptableAnswers = this.getAnswersForPrompt(prompt, this.direction);
+        if (this.simpleMode) this.buildChoices();
+        this.$nextTick(() => {
+          if (!this.simpleMode) this.$refs.answerInput?.focus?.();
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+
       this.next();
     },
     submitChoice(opt) {
@@ -1338,7 +1358,7 @@ export default {
         this.addCurrentToCycle();
       }
       this.maybeStartHardPhase();
-      this.maybeFinishHardPhase();
+      if (this.maybeFinishHardPhase()) return;
       const retryDirection = this.pendingRetry?.direction || null;
       this.resetQuestion();
       if (retryDirection) {
@@ -1346,7 +1366,7 @@ export default {
       }
       this.current = this.pickNextItem();
       if (!this.current) {
-        this.maybeFinishHardPhase();
+        if (this.maybeFinishHardPhase()) return;
         if (!this.hardPhaseActive) {
           this.current = this.pickNextItem();
         }
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/social/VocabCourseView.vue b/frontend/src/views/social/VocabCourseView.vue
index e39301d..b0c096f 100755
--- a/frontend/src/views/social/VocabCourseView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/social/VocabCourseView.vue
@@ -966,6 +966,7 @@ export default {
       this.$refs.practiceDialog?.open?.({
         courseId: this.courseId,
         initialPool: this.hardVocabList,
+        closeOnHardCompletion: true,
         onClose: () => this.refreshHardVocabList()
       });
     },