[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm reading a book and stumbled upon the sentence 'We were surrounded.' Could you help me understand how to express that sentiment in Italian?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The sentence 'We were surrounded' can be translated to Italian as 'Eravamo circondati.' This sentence conveys the idea that you and possibly others were completely encircled or enveloped by something or someone, often in a way that feels threatening or confining."}]