“I'm willing to help you out, but you've got to put forth a little more effort.”

You're a teacher. One of your students is failing the class. You're talking to her about her grades. You say:

I'm willing to help you out, but you've got to put forth a little more effort.

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“Try to flesh out that first point a little bit more.”

You're checking one of your students' essays. One of the sections of the essay isn't very convincing because the student didn't explain himself very well. You want him to write more. You say:

Try to flesh out that first point a little bit more.

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