[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm trying to learn Italian and I'm stuck on the sentence 'We all stood.' Can you help me translate it?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The Italian translation of 'We all stood' is 'Eravamo tutti in piedi.'"}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's really helpful, thank you! What does 'Eravamo' mean in this context?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "'Eravamo' is the first person plural of the verb 'essere' (to be) in the imperfect tense. It essentially means 'we were' in English."}, {"role": "user", "content": "And what about 'tutti in piedi', how do I use that phrase?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "'Tutti in piedi' is an idiomatic expression that literally means 'all on foot,' but the idiomatic translation is 'all standing.' It's often used to describe a situation where everyone is standing up."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I think I understand now. So, if I want to describe a situation where we were all standing, I would use 'Eravamo tutti in piedi'?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Exactly! 'Eravamo tutti in piedi' is the correct way to express 'We all stood' or 'We were all standing' in Italian."}]