[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm reading a book and I came across the sentence 'Tom's drowning.' Could you help me translate that into Italian for better understanding?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The translation of 'Tom's drowning' in Italian is 'Tom sta affogando'. This sentence means that Tom is currently in the process of drowning, and it's an urgent situation. The verb'sta' is a form of'stare', which is an auxiliary verb used to describe ongoing or temporary actions."}]