Sounds like a problem to me

Some words for you: please read them and reflect. Their meanings have nothing to do with the point I shall make:

row, object, tear, produce, refuse, wound, lead, bass, invalid, present, close, subject, intimate.

What do they all have in common? Hint: is it any wonder 'foreigners' have more trouble learning British English than they should. It won't be for a want of trying.