opposite of dict.items()

[Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters]

|a = {}
|for k , v in zip(keys,values):
|	a[k] = v

>>> keys = (1,2,3,4)
>>> vals = 'a b c d'.split()
>>> dct = dict(zip(keys,vals))
>>> dct
{1: 'a', 2: 'b', 3: 'c', 4: 'd'}

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