“Read” - lol I did not miss that one, just did not elaborate. I really could go on and on :-) I personally struggled with “bear” vs “hear” (and “heard” vs “beard”), voicing of “th” (“this” vs “thin”, “than” va “thanks”), accent change in verb vs noun (“prOgress” vs “”progrEss”). But not with silent letters as in “psychology” or “bomb” because compared to Russian and French that is a piece of cake.

> We shoot the arrows with a bow

while standing on the bow (of a boat).

Don't be ridiculous 'bow' (of a boat) can't be confusing at all: that's a word that's pronounced differently, but spelled the same :D

How bout 'A bowed bow fired from the bow requires that we take a bow to receive a bow'

Wow you wrapped that up in a neat bow!