How to check if one of the following items is in a list?

Question

I\'m trying to find a short way to see if any of the following items is in a list, but my first attempt does not work. Besides writing a function to accomplish this, is the

Answer 1

a = {2,3,4}
if {1,2} & a:
    pass

Code golf version. Consider using a set if it makes sense to do so. I find this more readable than a list comprehension.