[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm writing a story and one of my characters is trying to express fear, so I was wondering how you would translate the sentence 'Tom was real scared' into Italian to add some authenticity to the dialogue."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The translation of 'Tom was real scared' into Italian is 'Tom era veramente spaventato.' This should help add a touch of authenticity to your character's dialogue."}]