Could you explain that in a little more detail?

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Are we all ready for the show house fair this weekend?
 今週末のモデルハウス展示会の準備は全て整っていますか？
 we all のコンビはよく使われる
 show house モデルハウス　fair フェｱ　n)イベント、フェア、展示会、見本市
Are we all ready for the lesson?
Yes, I went to our show house this morning.
How is everything?
 挨拶（How are you? / How's it going?)をした後に,、もう少し具体的な返事を求めてい   るときに使う。
Here. I took some photos on my phone.
 takeは「手に取る」という動作を表す
 The doctor took my temperature. その医師は私の熱を測った。
 on my phone にはステージの「上で」が感じられる
 on the radio/on the computer
Thank you. It looks good, but we need to do something for the kids.
 ありがとう。よさそうにみえるけど、子供たちのために何か工夫する必要がありますね。
Could you explain that in a little more detail?
 もう少し詳しく説明していただけますか？
 Can you say a little more about that?
 What exactly are you saying?
 What are you trying to say?
 Could you expand on that?  expand ｲｸｽパｧﾝﾄﾞ v)膨らむ、広がる、より詳しく述べる
 Could you be more specific?
Well, for example, we should have balloons, snacks, and even show cartoons to keep them entertained.
 そうですね、例えば風船やお菓子を用意したり、ずっと楽しんでもらうためにアニメを見   せたりしたらどうでしょう。
 「～しましょうか」と部下や同僚に気軽な提案をする場合は「should」が使える
 cartoon ｶｰトｩｰﾝ n)漫画
 entertain ｴﾝﾀｰテｲﾝ v)人を楽しませる
Good thinking. Leave it to me.
 いい考えですね。それは私に任せて下さい。

So, both of these sentences are a bit formal, aren't they?
That's right.
Yeah. I mean you would use these in a particular context. For example, an academic context or a business context. Among friends, we just say like, "What do you mean?"

Could you be more specific? Investors don't like vague statements.
 investor ｲﾝヴェｽﾀｰ　n)投資家
 vague ヴェｲｸﾞ adj)漠然とした、とらえどころのない
 statement ｽテｲﾄﾒﾝﾄ n)事業報告

What are you trying to say? You can be absolutely frank with me.
何が言いたいのですか？　私にははっきり言っていただいて構わないんですよ。
 absolutely ｱﾌﾞｿルーﾄﾘ　adv)絶対に、完全に
 frank ﾌラﾝｸ adj)はっきり言う