[{"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 translation of 'Tom was sick' in Italian would be 'Tom era ammalato'. However, if you want to emphasize that he was really sick, you could use 'Tom era davvero ammalato'."}]