[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm writing a story about a character who fell ill, and I'd like to translate a sentence into Italian - how would I say 'Tom was sick' in Italian?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The correct translation of 'Tom was sick' in Italian would be 'Tom era malato'. However, if you want to emphasize that Tom was really sick, you could use the phrase 'Tom era davvero malato'."}]