[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm reading a story about a character named Tom and I came across the sentence 'Tom was petrified.' Could you help me understand how to express this sentence in Italian to better convey the emotions in the story?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The sentence 'Tom was petrified' can be translated to Italian as 'Tom era pietrificato.' This translation conveys that Tom was extremely frightened or shocked, and it should help you to better understand the emotions in the story."}]