French: (une guerre) perléeEnglish translation: drop-by-drop war 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | (une guerre) perlée | | English translation: | drop-by-drop war | | Entered by: | Anne Spence |
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Government / Politics / An African country | | French term or phrase: (une guerre) perlée | | In a document about the current political situation in an African country. Context: "Mais, plutôt que l’un ou l’autre de ces scénarii, on peut penser qu’à l’instar de la situation qu’a connue [country A (the subject of the report)] entre 1978 et 1986, c’est la guerre qui sera le résultat de ces différentes stratégies, une *guerre perlée*sans cause, ni vainqueurs ni vaincus mais qui entretiendra la crise en [region X] et alimentera celle en [country B]. |
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Anne Spence
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| Note from asker to answererPerfect - what a great reference too. Thank you so much.
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| war of attrition/long-drawn-out war
Explanation:
A couple of tentative suggestions. Grève perlée can mean a go slow, so maybe like a go slow it has the capacity to go on and on?
| John Peterson
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