The biographer is candid about the limits of her sources. Where her subject's diaries fall silent — for the better part of two years in the 1880s — she resists the temptation to invent.
As used in the text, what does the phrase "fall silent" most nearly mean?
- A
go out of fashion
- Bcheck_circle
stop providing information
- C
lose hearing
- D
drop quietly to the floor
Explanation
The diaries provide no record for two years, so "fall silent" means stop providing information, not the literal falling, fashion, or hearing senses.