[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm having a tough time understanding the English sentence 'That was difficult' and I'd love to know how to express that feeling in Italian, can you help me translate it?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The translation of 'That was difficult' in Italian is 'Era difficile.' This sentence is used to express that something was hard or challenging to do. For example, if you tried to solve a puzzle and it took you a long time, you could say 'Era difficile' to describe the experience."}]