This short Python snippet shows you how to filter a dictionary against a list of values via the use of a list comprehension.
>>> d = {"apples":1,"bananas":2,"pears":3}
>>> {x:y for x,y in d.iteritems() if x in ["apples","pears"]}
{'apples': 1, 'pears': 3}
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