Dictionary keys match on list; get key/value pair

Question

In python... I have a list of elements \'my_list\', and a dictionary \'my_dict\' where some keys match in \'my_list\'.

I would like to search the dictionary and retrieve

Answer 1

 new_dict = dict((k, v) for k, v in dict.iteritems() if k in list)

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