I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ car , passenger
▪ cross-Channel ( BrE )
VERB + FERRY
▪ get , ride ( AmE ), take , use
▪ wait for
▪ catch
▪ board
▪ drive off , get off
▪ operate
FERRY + VERB
▪ carry sb , take sb
▪
a ~ carrying more than a thousand people
▪ arrive , come in ( esp. BrE ), dock
▪
We watched the ~ dock.
▪ depart , go , leave , sail ( BrE )
▪
The ~ departs at 8 p.m.
▪
The last ~ sails at 4 p.m.
▪ cross sth
▪
the ferries that cross the Mekong River
▪ run
▪
Ferries run every hour or so.
FERRY + NOUN
▪ crossing , journey ( BrE ), ride , trip
▪ route
▪ boat
▪ passenger
▪ pilot ( AmE )
▪ dock , port , terminal
▪ line , operator , service
PREPOSITION
▪ aboard a/the ~ , on a/the ~ , on board a/the ~
▪
the people on the ~
▪ by ~
▪
We went by night ~.
▪ ~ across , ~ over
▪
We caught the ~ across the river.
▪ ~ between
▪
the ~ between Cape Cod and the islands
▪ ~ for ( esp. BrE ), ~ to
▪
We caught the ~ to Fire Island.
▪
the ~ for Italy
▪ ~ from
▪
the ~ from Toronto to Rochester
II.
verb
Ferry is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ boat , ↑ helicopter