translating the same word over and over again

[adder3]

While I know some repetition is good I am getting a little fed up of being asked to translate the word sofá from Spanish to English and back again while doing strengthening exercises. Every time I hit "Hogar" this word comes up on the timed practice. While I appreciate it is a short word and balances against some of the very long sentences, I feel that there are many other words that are not so similar in the two languages and which I would really benefit from strengthening.

[S_e_r_9_1_0]

Hola. Primero, mis respetos por sus logros. Realmente admirable.

Now, about your "concern"(?)...
I sometimes feel the same, but not as much as you do, apparently. The thing is, I practically abandoned two trees, and focused my attention in the remaining two. I didn't mastered all the words/grammar learnt from those threes, I understand that. It's just that I feel more productive to look outside of Duo for words, phrases, and insight from those languages, "in context". I don't know, that way I don't get bored with the repetition task, because I avoid dedicating most of my time to it.
Anyway, I hope you too, find the way (your way) to make it work.