I don't quite understand the meaning of this sentence
Just consider, it was "but one minute that she left school", and the impressions of six years are not got over in that space of time.

"but one minute that she left school".. does it mean one minute after she left school? or what...

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I don't quite understand the meaning of this sentence
Just consider, it was "but one minute that she left school", and the impressions of six years are not got over in that space of time.

"but one minute that she left school".. does it mean one minute after she left school? or what...

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"It was but one minute that she left school" means that she left school only one minute ago.

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Hello Liwen Zhou:

I think your guess is correct.  It means that someone   had only left the school for a minute,   and then something seems to have happened.

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