Prepositions are sometimes so firmly wedded to other words that they have practically become one word. (In fact, in other languages, such as German, they would have become one word.) This occurs in three categories: nouns, adjectives, and verbs.
NOUNS and PREPOSITIONS
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approval of
awareness of
belief in
concern for
confusion about
desire for
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fondness for
grasp of
hatred of
hope for
interest in
love of
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need for
participation in
reason for
respect for
success in
understanding of
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ADJECTIVES and PREPOSITIONS
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afraid of
angry at
aware of
capable of
careless about
familiar with
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fond of
happy about
interested in
jealous of
made of
married to
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proud of
similar to
sorry for
sure of
tired of
worried about
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VERBS and PREPOSITIONS
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apologize for
ask about
ask for
belong to
bring up
care for
find out
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give up
grow up
look for
look forward to
look up
make up
pay for
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prepare for
study for
talk about
think about
trust in
work for
worry about
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A
combination of verb and preposition is called a phrasal verb. The word that is joined to the verb is then called a particle.